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British PM May tries to quell public anger after deadly London fire

Faith Ward |Monday, June 19, 2017

Earlier, dozens of people stormed the town hall building in the London's Kensington district where the tragedy was being discussed. "I said 'why you didn't come - they brought us outside, I thought you are with us.' He said 'no one brought me outside.' He said, 'why you left me?'"

The protesters made their way through an automatic door at the local Kensington and Chelsea town hall.

Residents had sent a list of demands to the council, including the immediate rehoming of all people displaced by the fire within the borough; the release of funds to take care of the welfare of those affected; and a complete list of the residents known to live in the tower block.

Scuffles broke out in the crowd as Mrs May's auto drove away from the scene of the disaster.

"They probably had some sort of hope when they'd seen all the fire brigade going down there, like you would do, for us to get in and to help them".

May has been criticised from within her own Conservative Party over her response and she pledged on Thursday to hold a public inquiry into the fire at the social housing block which was home to about 600 people. Metropolitan Police Stuard Cundy said: "Sadly, our work will be ongoing for many, many weeks".

"It is hard to escape a very sombre national mood", the queen said in a statement to mark her official birthday - an occasion that typically does not result in any public comments from the monarch.

"She should have been there with the residents". A memorial wall has been created for people to write messages to the missing.

On the lack of sprinklers in Grenfell Tower, and other buildings, he said: "My understanding is that the best expert advice is that retrofitting sprinklers may not always be the best technical way of ensuring fire safety in a building". "How did they allow this tragedy to happen when it could have easily been avoided?"

Help will be given to residents who do not have bank accounts.

The fire forced residents to flee through black smoke down the single stairwell, jump out of windows or even drop their children from the 120-apartment building.

"Mohammed undertook a risky journey to flee war and death in Syria, only to meet it here in the United Kingdom, in his own home", the Syrian Solidarity Campaign said in a statement.

'Our deep gratitude to the emergency services, who continue to respond swiftly.

Cundy said the police investigation would look into the building's 2016 refurbishment and promised to prosecute "if there is evidence".

Commander Stuart Cundy said they had been able to remove the remains of only 12 victims from the building.

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